Vol 2.19 DEOSNEWS 1 of 11 DEOSNEWS Vol. 2 No. 19. ISSN 1062-9416. Copyright 1992 DEOS - The Distance Education Online Symposium Editor: Morten Flate Paulsen,
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[email protected] Review: Philip W. Pinder and Kenneth W. Borland DEOS was established with a grant from the Annenberg/CPB Project. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORIAL Celebrating the editor's return to Oslo, Norway, this issue of DEOSNEWS presents distance education in Norway. Since I am leaving Penn State University, Kenneth W. Borland (
[email protected]) has taken over the responsibility of DEOS-L. I will, for the time being, continue as the editor of DEOSNEWS till the end of the year and I look forward to collabor- ating with Ken on both DEOS-L and DEOSNEWS in the months to come. My new e- mail address in Norway is
[email protected]. Distance Education in Norway by Morten Flate Paulsen <
[email protected]> Torstein Rekkedal Morten Soeby <
[email protected]> Introduction Norway is a highly developed welfare state based on an egalitarian society with a high standard of living. A population of 4.2 mill. Norwegians live scattered, mostly along the cost, in a large country with widespread forests and rugged mountains. The coastline has countless islands, deeply indented fjords, and stretches for thousands of kilometers. Around the country, there are four universities and about two hundred, predominantly public, colleges. As in other welfare states, public schools, colleges, and universities do not charge tuition fees. This article describes how distance education has developed and thrived in such an environment.